Every man has his own idea of Will according to his morality--even as it is said that every man's conception of God is himself infinitely magnified--or, as SYDNEY SMITH declared, that a certain small clergyman believed that Saint Paul was five feet two inches in height, and wore a shovel-hat.

And here we may note that if the fundamental definition of a gentleman be "a man of perfect integrity," or one who always does simply _what is right_, he is also one who possesses Will in its integrity.
Therefore it follows that if the pure will, which is the basis of all firm and determined action, be a matter of moral conviction, it should take the first place as such.

Napoleon the First was an exemplar of a selfish corrupted will, CHRIST the perfection of Will in its purity.
And if I can make my meaning clear, I would declare that he who would create within himself a strong and vigorous will by hypnotism or any other process, will be most likely to succeed, if, instead of aiming at developing a power by which he may subdue others, and make all things yield to him, or similar selfish aims, he shall, before all, seriously reflect on how he may use it to do good.

For I am absolutely persuaded from what I know, that he who makes Altruism and the happiness of others a familiar thought to be coupled with every effort (even as a lamb is always painted with, or appointed unto, St.John), will be the most likely to succeed.

There is something in moral conviction or the consciousness of right which gives a sense of security or a faith in success which goes far to secure it.